Tie and rail-fastener.



H. TERAVA. TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 30. I914.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

HENRY TEBAVA, OF BRAINERD, MINNESOTA.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Application filed November 30. 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TERAVA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crow Wing and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties andRail-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,'such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in rail fasteners and has for itsobject to provide a comparatively simple structure by which the railsmay be rigidly yet removably held in position upon the ties.

In carrying out this object, I employ certain novel features ofconstruction and combination herein described and claimed and shown inthe drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie, and illustrating a pair of railsthereon in section, the improved rail fasteners being employed forsecuring the rails to the ties; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of theties, the rails thereon, and the fasteners uniting the two; Fig. 3 is adetail longitudinal section as seen on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 isa transverse section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one of the rail fasteners.

In these drawings, forming a part of this application, a tie T, a pairof rails R, and a plurality of fasteners F are illustrated.

The tie T is formed of a single sheet of metal of proper width andthickness, the central portion of the metal constituting a plate 1 whichforms the top of the tie, the edge portions of this sheet being bentdownwardly as seen at 2, to form the side walls of the tie, thenceinwardly at 3 to form the bottom thereof, and upwardly at l to formbracing flanges for reinforcing the center of the plate 1. I

The top plate 1 of the tie contacts with the base flanges of the rails Rand is provided, on opposite sides of said bases and on opposite sidesof the flanges l, with elongated openings 5 through which U-shaped loops6 of the rail fasteners F depend, one end of each of these loops beingintegrally united to a body 7 which overlies the adjacent base flange ofthe rail R and which contacts with the upright web of said rail, one endof this body being thickened vertically and widened horizontally asshown in the various figures Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lDec. Mt, 1915.

Serial No. 874,845.

of the drawings to form a rail bracing head. The other end of each ofthe loops 6 is integrally united with a stop 8 which overlies .rod of asuitable metal, such as wrought iron. The rail bracing head is formed onone end of the bar in the usual manner from the material composing thebody there of. After the head has been formed on the bar, the same isbent in the proper manner to form the U-shaped loop 6, the portion ofthe bar between the head and the loop being bent slightly upward toconform to the slope of the base flange of the rail.

A fastener of this construction is much stronger than a cast fastener oreven a wrought iron one of heavier but different construction.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that if the loops 6 are held againstupward movement, the rails R will likewise be held against suchmovement. For this purpose, a plurality of wedges 9 are driven throughalined openings in the portions 2 and a of the tie and through theintervening loops 6, thereby drawing the bodies 7 downwardly into tightcontact with the rails to secure the latter in position, after which thefree ends of said wedges are clenched as shown.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be. seen that a very simple rail fastenerhas been provided, and that the loops 6, bodies 7, and stops 8 may becheaply and easily manufactured.

Although the wedges 9 are described and shown as extending entirelythrough the tie, it will be seen that the latter might well beconstructed in other ways, in which these wedges need not be of suchlength. In fact, independent wedges could be provided for the severalindependent clamps.

I claim:

1. A rail fastener formed from a single cylindrical metal bar, a headformed on said bar from the metal composing the body thereof, said headbeing both wider and thicker than the body of said bar and provided witha flat outer face adapted to contact with the web of a rail, theintermediate portion of said bar being bent downwardly to form aU-shaped loop, the portion of the body between the loop and thehead,-together with said head, being bent slightly upward to conform tothe slope of the base of the rail, the outer end of the body forming asto 2 The combination with a tie plate hav ing an upright opening formedtherethrough, and a rail resting on said plate and spaced toward the endof the same from the opening therein, of a rail fastener formed from asingle cylindrical metal bar, a head formedon said bar from the metalcomposing the body thereof and having a flat face adapted to contactwith the web of the rail, a U'-shaped loop formed in the intermediateport-ion of the body of the bar and adapted to depend through the open-7 ing in the tie plate with one of the upright arms in contact with theadjacent edge of the base flange of the rail, and its other upright armin contact with the wall of the opening remote from said base flangewhereby lateral thrust of said rail will be imparted to the loop andthereby to the aforesaid wall of the opening, the portion of the body ofthe bar between the loop and the head, together with said head,overlying the base fiange of the rail and contacting therewith, theopposite end of the body of the bar forming a stop and werlying the tieplate, and a substantially semicylindrical wedge passing through theloop beneath the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HENRY TERAVA.

\Vit-nesses:

W. A. FLEMIN J. A. THE Es.

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Washington, D. C.

